Dear all,

Please, find enclosed herewith the programme of the forthcoming 
workshop: Governing Forced Migration by Sea, which will be held in 
Oxford on 18 November at All Souls College.

Since places are limited, please, send confirmation of your 
participation at your earliest opportunity to 
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With best wishes,

Lecturer in Law

St Hilda's College
University of Oxford
Cowley Place
Oxford OX4 1DY
United Kingdom

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URL: http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/violeta.morenolax

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Governing Forced Migration by Sea: A Legal Perspective
Oxford, 17-18 November 2011

In the past decades, the phenomenon of “boat migration” has increasingly 
been
perceived as a problem. In the absence of a detailed legal regime, 
coastal states
have adopted their own regulatory approaches, challenging at times the 
basis of
their international obligations. In light of recent developments, 
including the flows of
refugees fleeing the war in Libya, the increasingly important role 
played by the EU in
this context, and the expected decision by the European Court of Human 
Rights in
the case of Hirsi v Italy, the workshop, through an extensive analysis 
of the legal
framework, aims at detecting both the potentialities and shortcomings of 
the regime
currently governing forced migration by sea, so that possible solutions 
and spaces
for improvement may be identified.

The Workshop is generously funded by the Faculty of Law of the 
University of Oxford
and is supported by All Souls College and St Hilda’s College.
The Workshop aims at creating opportunities for discussion between State
representatives, NGOs, IOs and academics working in the field. There 
will be ample
space for individual interventions and debate on key issues. On account 
of space
constraints and to organise the necessary arrangements, please confirm your
attendance to [log in to unmask] or 
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ac.uk as soon as possible, as places are limited.

Draft Programme

17 November 2011
Canada Room, St Hilda’s College, Oxford
17h30: Pre-Workshop meeting (speakers only)

18 November 2011
Old Library, All Souls College, Oxford
9h30 Registration/Morning coffee
10h Welcome address by Chair Vaughan Lowe
10h15 Guy S Goodwin-Gill: Introduction to Key Issues on Forced Migration 
by Sea
10h45 Efthymios Papastavridis: The Law of the Sea and Forced Migration
11h15 Coffee Break
11h30 Seline Trevisanut: Non-Refoulement at Sea
12h Discussion on the morning session/ Q&A
13h Lunch
14h Violeta Moreno Lax: Joint Operation Hermes
14h30 Irini Papanicolopulu: Hirsi v Italy
15h Tullio Treves : Conclusions - Cross-fertilization as a Potential 
Solution
15h30 Discussion on the afternoon session/ Q&A